HB 1274 - DIGEST

Requires each superior court to create and provide a mediation form that allows the parties to indicate the issues on which mediation is being requested, with regard to parenting plans.

Prohibits the court from presuming that a parent, solely because of his or her sex, is more qualified than the other parent to: (1) Make decisions regarding the child's care, education, health care, and religious upbringing; or

(2) Engage in parenting functions or to be provided with more residential time with the child.

Revises provisions regarding sole decision-making authority; mutual decision-making authority; the dispute resolution process; revisions, modifications, and adjustments to the plan; and the family law handbook.